Territorial disputes, realpolitik, and alliance transformation: The case of twenty-first century Philippine-U.S. Security relations

• Main Author: De Castro, Renato Cruz
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2013
• Subjects: Boundary disputes; Philippines > Boundaries; China > Boundaries; Alliances; Philippines > Foreign relations > United States; United States > Foreign relations > Philippines; Asian Studies; International and Area Studies
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/1577
• Institution: De La Salle University

How do territorial disputes transform alliances? How are alliances transformed? This article examines how the Philippines' territorial dispute with China over the Spratlys compels it to strengthen its security ties with the United States. Spec/lcally, it observes that China's realpolitik a...